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 Heavenly Father, for thousands of years, the story of humanity is that though we think we know better than you,

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 though we kick and resist your ways, the story of the world reminds us again and again that you are God and we are not.

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 That you are great and just, that your ways are perfect and right, and that in trusting you we find life.

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 Father, we find freedom and wholeness, and our hearts find the rest and the peace which they long for.

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 Oh sovereign God, we confess that Lord, you are right and your word is always right.

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 Father, help us to trust you.

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 Father, we believe you, but oh help our unbelief.

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 We trust you, but forgive us and help us in our lack of trust.

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 Father, we desire to love you more, but oh forgive us for how cold and stingy our love towards you can often be.

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 Father, help us, we pray.

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 Father, as we come to your word now, we ask that you speak to us from your word.

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 We confess that revelation is confusing, it's difficult, it's difficult to understand, it's difficult to receive.

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 Father, we ask that you open up your word to us, even as it's read to us this morning, may it make sense to us.

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 May we see and understand what you want us to see and you want us to understand.

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 God, as we study it together, we pray that we will be truly blessed by your word and find life in your word, even as we are blessed in you and find life in you.

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 Lord, let your word lead us to you this morning.

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 As we look at our role as a church in the midst of a broken and difficult world, I pray God this morning speak to us.

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 That we will know with conviction and certainty what it looks like to be faithful men and women following Jesus in the city of Hong Kong in this day and age.

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 Speak to us today we pray.

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 Father, today we want to pray for our brothers and sisters across Asia.

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 For those who are following you in the midst of very difficult circumstances.

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 Father, we pray for followers of Jesus who are currently in North Korea, in South Korea, in Japan.

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 We pray for our brothers and sisters in Myanmar, in Laos, in Malaysia, in Thailand, in Singapore.

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 Father, right now we bring before you Christians in Bangladesh, in Nepal, in India, those in Pakistan, in Mongolia, in Japan, in Uzbekistan, in Kazakhstan.

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 God, we pray for Christians in Indonesia and Philippines.

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 We pray for our brothers and sisters in mainland China.

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 We pray for our brothers and sisters in Hong Kong.

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 God, we pray that your gospel will go forward in our great continent.

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 That all across Asia in the years and the decades to come, that hundreds of thousands and millions of people will come to know you.

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 That you are the one true God and they will find life and freedom in you, we pray, God.

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 God, we pray that we will be salt to our city and light to the cities, we pray.

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 We look forward to that day when we stand shoulder to shoulder with followers of Jesus from every culture and language and ethnicity worshipping you together.

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 Father, we want to see a lot of Asia represented there on that day in heaven.

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 We ask for the gospel to go forward and we pray, God, that you send many, many workers into the harvest.

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 We see that the fields are ready.

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 We see there are billions and billions of people in our continent who do not know you.

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 And we ask God, send out missionaries, send out businessmen and businesswomen, families and students and teachers and social workers all across Asia to take the gospel out.

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 Father, we hear you say, who will go for us?

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 And humbly, aware of our shortcomings, aware that you do not have much to give, with fear and trembling, we join with our Zion and say, here we are.

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 Send us, God.

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 Send us, Lord.

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 God, may your gospel not die with us.

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 We're so grateful for the missionaries that you sent to Asia all those years ago, who brought the good news of the gospel to us in Hong Kong.

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 May it not end with us.

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 Send us, we pray.

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 Empower us with your presence.

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 Give us your joy.

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 Cause your face to shine upon the nations that they may know you.

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 God, if you do not go with us, then do not send us out.

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 But if you go, send us in your name, we pray.

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 For the praise of your great and glorious name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's listen to Janet and Victoria reading God's word to us.

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 Just as they come up, today we've got a long reading.

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 You might have thought last week was long.

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 Today is a little bit longer.

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 We're reading three chapters from Revelation chapter 8 to 10.

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 But in chapter 1, John says, blessed are those who hear this book read to them.

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 And so, let's listen to God's word.

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 And I pray that we will be blessed and encouraged as we do so.

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 So, thank you, Janet and Victoria.

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 The scripture reading comes from Revelation chapter 8 to 10.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin or on the screen.

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 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

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 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense

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 to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne.

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 And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints arose before God from the hand of the angel.

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 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth.

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 And there were pearls of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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 Now, the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

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 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood.

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 And there were thrown upon the earth.

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 And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

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 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea,

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 and a third of the sea became blood.

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 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

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 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch,

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 and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

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 The name of the star is warm wood.

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 A third of the waters became warm wood, and many people died from the water because it had been bitter.

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 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars,

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 so the third of their lights might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining,

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 and likewise a third of the night.

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 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead.

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 Woo! Woo! Woo to those who dwell on the earth!

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 At the blast of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow.

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 And the third angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star falling from heaven to earth,

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 and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit.

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 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like a smoke of a great furnace.

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 The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

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 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like a power of scorpions of the earth.

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 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plants, or any tree,

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 but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them.

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 And their torment was like a torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

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 And in those days, people will seek death and will not find it.

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 It will long to die, but death will flee from them.

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 In appearance, the locusts were like horses prepared for battle.

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 On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold.

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 Their faces were like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lion's teeth.

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 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron,

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 and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.

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 They have tails and stings like scorpions,

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 and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.

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 They have as king over them the angel of the bottleness pit.

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 His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

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 The first rule has passed.

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 Behold, two rules are still to come.

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 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues,

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 did not repent of the works of their hands,

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 nor give up worshipping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood,

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 which cannot see or hear or walk,

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 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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 Then I saw an other mighty angel coming down from heaven,

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 wrapped in the cloud with a rainbow over his head,

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 and his face was like the sun and his legs like pillars of fire.

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 He had a little scroll open in his hand,

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 and he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land

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 and called out with a loud voice like a lion rolling.

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 When he called out, the seven thunders sounded,

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 and when the seven thunders had sounded,

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 I was about to write,

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 but I heard a voice from heaven saying,

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 Seal up what the seven thunders have said,

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 and do not write it down.

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 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land

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 raised his right hand to heaven

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 and swore by him who lives forever and ever,

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 who created heaven and what is in it,

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 the earth and what is in it,

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 and the sea and what is in it,

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 that there would be no more delay.

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 But that in the days of the trumpet call

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 to be sounded by the seventh angel,

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 the mystery of God will be fulfilled,

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 just as he announced to his servants the prophets.

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 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven

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 spoke to me again, saying,

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 Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel

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 who is standing on the sea and on the land.

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 So I went to the angel and told him

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 to give me the little scroll.

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 And he said to me,

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 Take and eat it.

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 It will make your stomach bitter,

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 but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

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 And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel

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 and ate it.

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 It was sweet as honey in my mouth.

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 But when I had eaten it,

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 my stomach was made bitter.

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 And I was told,

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 You must again prophesy about many peoples

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 and nations and languages and kings.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Okay.

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 Great.

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 Thank you, Janet and Victoria.

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 We skipped a little section in the middle.

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 If you were following on your phone or something

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 and you got lost,

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 we skipped a little section.

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 But primarily,

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 there were three long chapters there

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 in the book of Revelation.

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 And we are working our way through this book of Revelation.

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 And if you are new to church,

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 or I guess even if you are not that new to church,

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 we are in the middle stages of this book.

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 And Revelation is full of imagery and symbolism.

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 And we are working our way through it.

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 And as we do so,

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 we are hopefully seeing

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 that the gospel is far richer and deeper

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 than maybe we first experienced.

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 But also,

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 we are learning there is more to God

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 and who He is

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 and the way that He is leading

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 and ruling the world

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 than we first experienced.

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 And so in chapter 1,

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 John writes and he says,

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 blessed are those who read this book

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 and those who hear this book.

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 And so our hope is

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 as we work through this stuff,

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 as challenging as it is,

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 we will be blessed.

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 We won't just understand with our minds

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 the imagery and the symbolism.

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 We pray that our hearts

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 will be encouraged and strengthened

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 as we work through this.

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 Now,

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 last week we looked at chapter 6 and 7.

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 And in those chapters,

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 there was this picture

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 of this scroll

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 that is rolled up

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 and there are these seven seals,

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 wax seals,

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 on the scroll.

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 And each time a wax seal

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 is broken off,

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 some event in the story of the world

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 is portrayed or spoken of.

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 And then we saw

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 in between the sixth

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 and the seventh seal,

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 there's this interlude.

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 And in the interlude,

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 Jesus speaks to John

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 and He wants to give him a message.

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 And the message we saw last week was,

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 though there is chaos

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 and calamity in the world,

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 though the world is full

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 of all these strange things

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 and disaster,

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 God promises that His people

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 will be kept safe,

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 will be sealed,

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 will be guaranteed

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 to be kept in His hands

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 until they reach glory

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 on the other side.

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 And so God says,

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 yes, there is challenges,

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 and Christians aren't immune

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 from experiencing those challenges,

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 but God promises His people

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 will make it through

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 to the other side

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 to get to glory.

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 Okay?

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 And so what that meant for us

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 is that the Christian

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 gets to live with this

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 unbelievable hope

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 and confidence

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 because our security

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 and our assurance

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 and our confidence

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 aren't found

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 in the circumstances around us.

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 They're not found in ourselves.

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 They're found in Him

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 who is seated on the throne.

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 And so that's what we looked at last week.

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 Now in today's passage,

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 we get to the seven of the second,

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 sorry,

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 of these series of the seven events.

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 Last week was the seven wax seals

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 that are broken off this parchment.

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 Today we get to these seven trumpets

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 that are blown.

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 And as we said before,

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 this isn't meant to be

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 a chronological account.

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 It's not like this happened

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 and now we get to stage B

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 and then stage C.

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 Rather, this is a multi-layered,

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 multi-angled,

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 multi-perspectival approach

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 on the story of the world.

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 Okay?

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 I don't know how you translate

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 multi-perspectival into Cantonese,

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 but I'm sure there's a way of doing that.

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 Okay, so let's dive in

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 and see what's happening here.

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 In chapter six,

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 we saw last week,

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 John's vision of the story of the world.

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 Every time a seal is broken,

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 something happens

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 and the same thing happens here.

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 Look at chapter eight,

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 verses seven to 11 with me.

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 It says,

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 the first angel blew his trumpet

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 and there followed hail and fire

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 mixed with blood

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 and these were thrown upon the earth.

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 A third of the earth was burnt up

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 and a third of the trees were burnt up

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 and all the green grass was burnt up.

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 Verse eight,

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 the second seal blew his trumpet

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 and something like a great mountain

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 burning with fire

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 was thrown into the sea

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 and a third of the sea became like blood.

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 A third of the living creatures died

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 and the ships were destroyed.

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 The third angel blew his trumpet

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 and a great star fell from heaven

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 blazing like a torch,

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 et cetera, et cetera.

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 And on it goes on,

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 the fourth trumpet is blown,

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 the fifth trumpet,

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 the sixth trumpet is blown.

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 And each time,

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 some kind of disaster

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 is brought upon the earth.

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 Now as we read these,

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 a couple of things

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 should stand out to us straight away.

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 The first one,

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 same as last week,

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 is who is it

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 that's bringing this about?

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 It's God, right?

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 Remember last week,

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 it was Jesus

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 that was breaking off the seals

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 and unleashing this disaster

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 on the earth.

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 In chapter eight,

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 it's God,

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 it's his angels

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 who are blowing the trumpets.

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 And what's happening here

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 is that as a trumpet is blown,

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 these events signify

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 God's judgment on sin in the world.

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 Now it's not God's final judgment

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 on the world,

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 that's still to come later,

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 but these events signal

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 God's disciplinary judgment

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 on the world,

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 and it's his warning

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 to alert people

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 of the danger of sin

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 and of ultimate judgment

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 that's going to come.

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 So think of it this way,

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 when I discipline my kids,

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 there's a good way to do it

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 and there's a bad way to do it.

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 Now when I discipline my kids well,

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 which I don't always do,

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 when I do it well,

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 it's not out of a fit of anger

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 or rage,

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 it's not because

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 they've pushed my buttons so much

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 and now I just fly off the handle

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 and do something,

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 that's a really bad way

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 to discipline my kids.

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 When I'm feeling frustrated

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 or angry,

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 the best thing for me to do

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 is to not try

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 and discipline my kids, right?

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 But the way as a loving father

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 that I should discipline my kids,

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 and like I say,

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 I don't always get this right,

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 is to,

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 when they've done something

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 which I know is not good

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 for them or for the family,

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 is to calmly

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 take them to the bathroom,

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 to sit down with them,

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 and to explain to them

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 that because I love them

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 and because I'm for them

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 and because I want to help them

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 grow up to become

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 the kinds of people

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 that God is calling them to be,

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 I'm going to inflict

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 a little bit of pain on them

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 to help them get off the path

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 that is currently leading

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 towards destruction

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 and pain

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 and heartache

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 and to help them

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 get on the path

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 that is going to lead

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 to life and joy

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 and freedom and peace.

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 Does that make sense?

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 I would rather they experience

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 a little bit of pain

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 from me now

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 than one day

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 they get fired from their jobs

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 because they don't know

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 how to show respect to people

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 or they one day

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 their spouse walks out on them

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 because they don't know

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 how to love someone else

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 or they one day

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 get thrown in jail

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 because they've never been taught

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 something, right?

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 And so as a loving father

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 my job is to bring

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 a little bit of discipline

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 in the moment

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 to help them get on the path

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 that's going to lead

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 to life and freedom

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 and joy and flourishing.

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 Now, that's what's going on here.

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 God brings His judgment

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 upon the earth

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 and in this instance

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 it's a form of

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 disaster or world events

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 and its job is to make us

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 to sit up

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 and to think about our actions

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 and to come to Him

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 in repentance.

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 But notice something else here

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 and that's that

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 there's this growing intensity

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 in the judgments of God.

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 I don't know if you remember

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 from last week

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 we read in chapter 6

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 remember last week

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 every time a wax seal is broken

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 an angel calls forth

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 and there's this picture

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 of a rider that comes

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 and there's some kind of

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 disaster on the earth.

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 Well, in chapter 8

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 in verse 8

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 it says this

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 the fourth rider comes

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 he brings destruction

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 and chaos

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 and a quarter

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 of the earth

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 experienced this destruction.

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 Okay?

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 That was last week.

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 In this week

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 how many times

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 did it say

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 a third of the earth

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 experiences this heartache?

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 Did you notice that

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 when we read?

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 I think it's something

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 like 15 times.

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 It talks about

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 a third of

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 let me find it here

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 a third of the sea

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 becomes blood

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 a third of the living creatures

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 a third of the ships

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 are destroyed.

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 And later on

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 when we get to chapter 15

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 and 16

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 and there's this

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 next set of seven

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 events in the world

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 it says

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 not just a quarter

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 of the earth

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 not just a third

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 of the earth

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 not just a half

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 of the earth

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 but everyone

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 is affected

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 by the things

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 that come.

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 So what's happening here?

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 There's this growing

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 intensity

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 of the judgments

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 of God.

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 In other words

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 what John is showing us

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 is that

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 as things

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 that things

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 ramp up

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 as it were

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 towards the end

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 of the age

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 which tells us

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 that rather than

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 the popular belief

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 that the modern world

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 is going to get

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 better and better

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 and safer

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 and safer

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 and more secure

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 and more prosperous

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 and that as society

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 we are heading

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 for some kind

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.540
 of social utopia

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 where everything

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 is just glorious

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 in the world

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 Revelation is actually

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 telling us

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 that things

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 are going to get

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 more difficult

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 as we experience

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 greater consequences

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 for our rejection

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 of God

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 and our rebellion

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 against God.

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 John is showing us

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 that the more humanity

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 believes

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 and acts

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 on the belief

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 that we are the center

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.980
 of the world

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 the greater

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 the calamity

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 that comes

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.920
 as a consequence

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.420
 of it

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 and so the progressive

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 narrative

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 of our secular culture

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 that assumes

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 that the more

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 we unshackle ourselves

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:43.299
 from the tentacles

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.920
 of religion

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 and the more

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.940
 we unshackle ourselves

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.799
 from the chains

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:48.259
 of belief in God

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 the more we will

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.339
 experience freedom

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 and joy in life

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 that belief

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 John tells us

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 and the history

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 of the world

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.099
 shows us

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:57.799
 is simply not true

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.980
 that actually

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.879
 as a society

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 the further we drift

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.680
 away from honoring God

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 and who he is

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.539
 the more we drift

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.400
 into the dangerous

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.860
 waters

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:07.279
 of God's judgment

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:09.320
 does that make sense

00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:11.380
 now here's the question

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:13.420
 why does God do this

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:15.080
 why does God allow

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:16.200
 these difficult things

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.340
 to come upon the world

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:18.000
 as a form

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 of his judgment

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:20.660
 well look at what we read

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.560
 in chapter 9

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 verse 20

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 Victoria read this for us

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 the rest of mankind

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 those who are not killed

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 by these plagues

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 did not repent

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.560
 of the works

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 of their hands

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 nor give up

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 worshipping demons

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 and idols

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.099
 of gold and silver

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 which cannot see

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.480
 and hear and walk

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.819
 nor did they repent

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.559
 of their murder

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.579
 their sorceries

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.659
 their immorality

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:44.419
 and their thefts

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.399
 why does God allow

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:46.759
 these disastrous things

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.539
 to come upon

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.519
 the earth

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.679
 the reason

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.639
 as we said earlier

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 is because

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.559
 he is urging us

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.440
 to wake up

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.500
 from the trance

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.099
 that we are in

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.139
 to wake up

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:57.319
 from our self-centeredness

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.659
 and to turn to him

00:22:58.660 --> 00:23:00.019
 and repentance

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:02.240
 repentance

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.259
 is one of those things

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.019
 that sounds

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.360
 like such drudgery

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:07.560
 you might have imagery

00:23:07.560 --> 00:23:08.500
 in your mind

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.820
 of maybe as a child

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.580
 if you went to

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.740
 catholic school

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.759
 or catholic church

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.840
 you got to go

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.940
 to the confession booth

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.400
 and say

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.500
 father I've sinned

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:19.220
 this is what I've done

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.519
 you might think

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.060
 of repentance

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.980
 as a form of

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.259
 self-flagellation

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.420
 where you beat yourself

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.560
 and tell yourself

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.720
 how terrible you are

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.660
 but actually

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.299
 the bible says

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.160
 that confession

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.779
 repentance

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:31.100
 it can sometimes

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.240
 feel like death

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.860
 but actually

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:34.180
 it always leads

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.759
 to life

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.720
 I don't know

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.059
 if you remember

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:37.519
 in Isaiah chapter 30

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:39.539
 God comes to his people

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.660
 and this is what he says

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.900
 in repentance

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.799
 and in rest

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.360
 you will be saved

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.700
 you will find life

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:48.360
 in quietness

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.059
 in other words

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.759
 in submission

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.640
 and in trusting to me

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:53.319
 you will find strength

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.700
 God calls us

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.279
 to repentance

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.200
 because in coming

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.640
 to God

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.600
 we find rest

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.880
 we find peace

00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:00.200
 we find the freedom

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.799
 and the peace

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.500
 that our hearts

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.279
 are looking for

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.340
 we found that

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:03.980
 it's not found

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.140
 in asserting ourselves

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.799
 and in claiming

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.319
 our rights

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.460
 but actually surrendering

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.940
 to the one

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.960
 who knows us

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.600
 and who loves us

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:13.160
 repentance feels

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.720
 like death

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.779
 but it always

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:16.160
 leads to life

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.759
 except

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:19.180
 in Isaiah 30

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.900
 tragically

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.340
 the people

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:22.400
 don't listen to God

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.880
 and so look

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.620
 at what he says

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.539
 he says

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.279
 you were unwilling

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.220
 you said

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.480
 no

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.180
 we will flee

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.079
 on our own horses

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.980
 and so I will cause

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.660
 you to flee

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.740
 you said

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.579
 we will ride

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.940
 upon swift stallions

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.440
 and therefore

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.460
 we will be safe

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.259
 therefore I will cause

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.839
 your enemies

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.779
 to be swifter

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.519
 than stallions

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:42.000
 repentance

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.899
 always leads

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.460
 to life

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.279
 I experienced this

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.879
 in my household

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.759
 last week

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.119
 last weekend

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:50.299
 I was a terrible

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.859
 dad

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.759
 and husband

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.299
 on Saturday

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.659
 I was just feeling

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:56.379
 incredibly stressed out

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.679
 about everything

00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:58.319
 that was going on

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.919
 in Hong Kong

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.939
 and the protests

00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:02.099
 and the fact

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.899
 that live rounds

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.579
 had been shot

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.819
 during protests

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:07.059
 the MTR station

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.279
 everything was going on

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.719
 and in addition to that

00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.339
 I was preaching

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.939
 last Sunday

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:12.199
 and I didn't feel ready

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:12.959
 for preaching

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:14.219
 and so on Saturday morning

00:25:14.219 --> 00:25:15.099
 I'm still trying to get

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.839
 my head around

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.619
 where we're going

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.519
 and all that meant

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.539
 that I was just

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:21.179
 a terrible man

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.759
 in the house

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.719
 and my kids

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.579
 asked me something

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.459
 and I would snap

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:25.159
 back at them

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:26.439
 and Claire was

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.599
 trying to give me space

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:29.199
 and I just wasn't great

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:30.139
 and so on Saturday night

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.799
 we go to some

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.579
 friends house

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.699
 some new friends

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.319
 that we met

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.319
 this lady on the bus

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.319
 and we've become

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.939
 friends with her

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:37.240
 we go to their house

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.699
 for dinner

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:39.219
 and our kids

00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:40.740
 I'm like stressed out

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.819
 and our kids

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.939
 are standing on things

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:44.019
 and knocking things over

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:46.319
 and I just lost it

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.599
 right

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.940
 and so I said

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.359
 some things

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.119
 I shouldn't have said

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.400
 and I responded

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.920
 the way I shouldn't

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.420
 have responded

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.740
 and I could see

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.740
 I just crushed

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.339
 my daughter

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:56.019
 and so that night

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.980
 they go to bed

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:58.099
 Claire goes to bed

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.740
 and I'm feeling

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.440
 like an idiot

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.319
 and so I wake up

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.980
 on Sunday morning

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.000
 trying to get my head

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.660
 around preaching

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.160
 and on the way

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.660
 to church

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.079
 I'm walking

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.740
 and I'm holding

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.379
 Sierra's hand

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.720
 and I say

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.519
 Sierra I've got to

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.139
 tell you something

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.700
 I've got to say

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.420
 I'm so sorry

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.299
 I haven't been a great dad

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.579
 will you please

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.259
 forgive me

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.940
 and I could see

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.200
 my seven year old's

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.819
 heart

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.619
 and her smile

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.259
 just like

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:22.399
 the ice just evaporated

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:24.019
 and she holds my hand

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.319
 and she says

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.359
 it's okay dad

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.319
 I understand

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.259
 sometimes these things

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.720
 happen

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:30.220
 isn't that amazing

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:34.500
 but the point

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.139
 is this

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:36.720
 the point is

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.379
 acknowledging

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:40.079
 our shortfall

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.700
 acknowledging

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.440
 our sin

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:43.019
 confession

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.700
 and repentance

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.700
 always

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.539
 always

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.240
 always

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.680
 leads to life

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.259
 remember how Jesus

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.180
 began his ministry

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.059
 he doesn't start off

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.720
 telling people

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.160
 how he can improve

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.660
 their lives

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.559
 and give them jobs

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.480
 and happy marriages

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.180
 and bless them

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.660
 with kids

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:58.220
 Jesus starts off

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.600
 and he says

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.299
 there's a problem

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.920
 in the world

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:01.019
 and the problem

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.539
 is sin

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.820
 and I want to help

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.640
 you deal with it

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:05.320
 come and follow me

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:06.779
 Jesus' words here

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.340
 in Revelation

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.180
 are the same thing

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.259
 he's calling us

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.720
 to turn

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.519
 from the idols

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.400
 that we look to

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.500
 but which cannot

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.200
 save us

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.079
 they cannot

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.259
 solve the deep

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.220
 longings of our heart

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.279
 because as verse 20

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.680
 says

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.779
 they are mute

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.640
 they are deaf

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.900
 they are lifeless

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.779
 they cannot walk

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.119
 or hear

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.059
 they cannot hear

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.720
 our prayers

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.980
 and the freedom

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.680
 and the life

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.519
 that we long for

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.460
 are found in him

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.900
 but tragically

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.900
 as Revelation 9

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.859
 will show us

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:32.240
 many people

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.039
 do not heed

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.779
 his call

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:35.400
 and do not

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.339
 humble themselves

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:37.299
 and admit

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.799
 their need

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.459
 for God

00:27:38.459 --> 00:27:40.539
 and so God

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.879
 says

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.519
 there are these

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.079
 plagues

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.720
 coming upon

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.220
 the world

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.720
 and my

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.079
 judgment

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.699
 is coming

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.740
 and this

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:45.980
 would have

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.459
 made sense

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:47.480
 to John's

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.099
 first century

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.619
 audience

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.619
 because they

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:49.939
 would have

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.319
 picked up

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.980
 straight away

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.679
 that so much

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.359
 of the language

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.159
 in chapter 8

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.679
 and 9

00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.959
 resembles the

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.399
 language

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.099
 that God

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.659
 spoke to

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.220
 the people

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.439
 of Egypt

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.199
 back in the

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.539
 Exodus

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.139
 in Exodus

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.899
 chapter 3

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.779
 4 and 5

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.919
 listen to

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.339
 look and

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.019
 notice how

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.000
 in verse 7

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.619
 he talks about

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.639
 hail and fire

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.259
 coming upon

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.599
 the earth

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.659
 in verse 8

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.019
 and 9

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.639
 he talks about

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.119
 the sea

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.699
 being turned

00:28:10.699 --> 00:28:11.059
 red

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.519
 so that the

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.199
 creatures die

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:12.519
 in them

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.559
 in verse 12

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.159
 he talks about

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.939
 how darkness

00:28:14.939 --> 00:28:15.639
 has come upon

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.039
 the earth

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.299
 and in chapter 9

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.599
 he calls these

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.419
 things plagues

00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.519
 and so

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:22.199
 John's audience

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.899
 straight away

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.739
 would have realized

00:28:23.739 --> 00:28:24.319
 as they heard

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.919
 these words

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:26.559
 God is referencing

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.219
 the plagues

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:27.679
 of Egypt

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.899
 and what happened

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.419
 in the plagues

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.839
 of Egypt

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.979
 God brought

00:28:30.979 --> 00:28:31.859
 these disasters

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.359
 on the earth

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.039
 because he was

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.679
 saying to

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.239
 Pharaoh

00:28:34.239 --> 00:28:35.079
 Pharaoh

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.779
 these are my

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.899
 warning judgments

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.339
 to you

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.480
 sit up and

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.039
 take notice

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.899
 if you do not

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.519
 listen to my

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.899
 voice

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:42.119
 finally my

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.939
 full judgment

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.559
 will come

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.939
 these were

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.819
 God's warnings

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.339
 to Pharaoh

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.159
 to listen

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.960
 and to turn

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.759
 and to trust

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.019
 him

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.240
 but Pharaoh

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.659
 would not

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.059
 listen

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.399
 and so finally

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.319
 God's judgment

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.779
 came

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.220
 not just the

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.740
 plagues

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.819
 but finally

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.740
 the death

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.500
 of the firstborn

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.859
 son

00:28:58.859 --> 00:29:00.240
 and friends

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.099
 this is history's

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.419
 pattern

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.240
 that all

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.339
 human empires

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.480
 all kingdoms

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.519
 all movements

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.339
 and causes

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.240
 no matter

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.319
 how well meaning

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.000
 they begin

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.819
 no matter

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.399
 how well

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.379
 intentioned

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.679
 they are

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.179
 in the beginning

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:13.699
 all human

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.199
 kingdoms

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.859
 ultimately

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.879
 become Egypt

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.919
 become Babylon

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:19.419
 become Rome

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.500
 and ultimately

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.179
 are brought

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.980
 to their knees

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.519
 by him

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.079
 who is seated

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.759
 on the throne

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.839
 whose kingdom

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.799
 is an eternal

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.299
 one

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:29.399
 I guess

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.819
 it's worth

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.259
 noticing

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.899
 that at the

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.440
 end of chapter

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.859
 9

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.759
 Jesus says

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.259
 they would

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.980
 not repent

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.940
 maybe a question

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.099
 for us to ask

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.339
 in this time

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:40.000
 is in the midst

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.859
 of the difficulty

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.599
 and the trauma

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.379
 that our city

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.039
 is going through

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.659
 at the moment

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:45.419
 what could it be

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.220
 that God might be

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.139
 asking us

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.940
 to repent for

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.519
 as a city

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:51.119
 could it possibly

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.960
 be that

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.440
 where we as a city

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.079
 have rejected

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.819
 God's ways

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.339
 and hoped

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.839
 and trusted

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.679
 in false gods

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:57.379
 and idols

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.939
 idols of gold

00:29:58.939 --> 00:29:59.579
 and silver

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.619
 bronze

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.240
 and wood

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.299
 and stone

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.919
 idols that cannot

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.419
 hear

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:05.179
 or walk

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.659
 or see

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:07.419
 could it be

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.859
 Hong Kong

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.539
 that with all

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.240
 our success

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.980
 that we've gained

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.759
 and the prosperity

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.559
 we've enjoyed

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:13.139
 that maybe we haven't

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.879
 loved the poor

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.659
 and the marginalized

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:16.159
 we haven't looked

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:17.220
 after those

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.659
 that are

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.679
 underprivileged

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.279
 like Jesus

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.079
 would want us to

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.699
 could it be

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.299
 that God is

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.299
 allowing challenges

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.339
 to come to our city

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.839
 to allow us

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.419
 to wake up

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.980
 and to turn

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.139
 to love our city

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.919
 like he does

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:30.599
 something to

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.439
 worth consider

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:33.959
 and so the question

00:30:33.959 --> 00:30:34.819
 I want to ask

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:36.119
 I want us to ask

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.279
 is how do we

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.919
 respond

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:42.059
 last week we saw

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.079
 between the sixth

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.579
 and the seventh

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:43.939
 event

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:45.019
 there's this interlude

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.859
 and God speaks

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.419
 to his people

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.899
 and saying

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:48.439
 despite the challenges

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:49.459
 I will save you

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.819
 in chapter 10

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.779
 and chapter 11

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.640
 we come across

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.440
 another interlude

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.200
 between the sixth

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.740
 and the seventh

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.600
 of these trumpets

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:57.019
 and in this interlude

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.960
 Jesus wants to

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.779
 show us something

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.440
 he wants to show us

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.200
 what does it mean

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.940
 to be a Christian

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.660
 to be a follower

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.180
 of Jesus

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.860
 in the midst

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.720
 of the challenges

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.360
 of the world

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:07.140
 in which we live

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:08.900
 how does this passage

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.180
 call us to respond

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.140
 and there are three ways

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.920
 that it calls us

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.539
 to respond

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:14.059
 the first is

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.860
 in chapter 10

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.759
 verse 1 to 7

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:17.279
 look at it with me

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.519
 John sees this angel

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.319
 and this angel

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.960
 is standing

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.460
 one foot in the sea

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:24.180
 one foot on the earth

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.399
 and this angel

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.420
 speaks to John

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.160
 and it says

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.319
 that as he speaks

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.980
 his voice

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.480
 was like seven thunders

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.839
 okay

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:32.559
 and John

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.859
 is about to write down

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.879
 what the angel says

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.480
 but he hears

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.220
 another voice

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.819
 from heaven

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.639
 saying

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.920
 don't write down

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.599
 what you heard

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:41.119
 seal it up

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:42.079
 and don't tell anyone

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.799
 what you heard

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.180
 okay

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.399
 look at what it says here

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.519
 seal up

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.379
 what the seven thunders

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.720
 have said

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.900
 do not write it down

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:49.000
 the angel

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.519
 whom I saw

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.339
 standing on the sea

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.860
 and the land

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.759
 swore by him

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.779
 who lives forever and ever

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.640
 that there would be

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.380
 no more delay

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.660
 but that the days

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.200
 of the trumpet

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.900
 to be sounded

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.900
 by the seventh angel

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:59.000
 the mystery of God

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.740
 would be fulfilled

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.980
 now

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.220
 commentators

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.980
 and theologians

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.140
 I read a lot of them

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.660
 this week

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:06.860
 don't know

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.759
 what's going on here

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:10.000
 in other words

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.740
 why does God

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:13.180
 speak to John

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.799
 and then say

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.740
 don't write it down

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.759
 don't tell anyone

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.319
 it could refer to

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:19.019
 any number of things

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.420
 but I think

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.420
 at the very least

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.259
 one of the things

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.980
 we can say

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.619
 it does mean

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:25.700
 at the very least

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.500
 it signifies

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.740
 that there are many

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.140
 things in God's plan

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:30.079
 which he has chosen

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.640
 not to reveal to us

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.259
 but instead

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.160
 to keep a mystery

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.960
 and that as a Christian

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.059
 our walk

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.160
 is a walk of faith

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.200
 you see

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.140
 sometimes as Christians

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.700
 we can think

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.240
 if we obey the rules

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.700
 we obey the ten commandments

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.700
 we go to church

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.440
 we tithe

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.279
 and we go to CG

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.200
 therefore we should be blessed

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.820
 you follow the recipe

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:50.460
 you do as God says

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.019
 and life works out perfectly

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.420
 and God says

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.400
 actually there's a lot

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.039
 of mysteries

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.380
 you see a Christian

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.120
 is not just somebody

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:58.220
 who follows the rules

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.240
 or follows the recipe

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.559
 a Christian is someone

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:02.180
 who's growing to love God

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.759
 and trust him

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:05.019
 and obey him

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.440
 even in the midst

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.160
 of the mysteries

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.440
 and the challenges of life

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.860
 a Christian is somebody

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.700
 isn't just somebody

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.840
 who does what God says

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.279
 and suddenly receives

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.199
 blessing in their life

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:15.379
 a Christian is someone

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.119
 who understands

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.980
 that God's ways

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.679
 are not our ways

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.519
 and we follow him

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.959
 and one of the dangers

00:33:19.959 --> 00:33:21.000
 of the book of Revelation

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.799
 is to read too much into it

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:24.279
 you can read this symbol

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.599
 and say

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.759
 okay that's Donald Trump

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.139
 this thing here

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:28.179
 that's Boris Johnson

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:30.759
 this is the Apache helicopters

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.720
 therefore

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:33.379
 Jesus is coming this week

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:36.419
 and John would say

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:37.279
 no no no

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.579
 there's a lot of mystery

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.599
 involved still

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.000
 there's things that God

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.399
 wants us not to know

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.980
 but to simply trust him

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.639
 by the way

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.539
 I wasn't going to say this

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:49.699
 but in chapter 9

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.159
 you know

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.879
 there's all that stuff

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.839
 about the locusts

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:53.179
 and they've got teeth

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.899
 like lions

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.799
 and hair

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.059
 and all this strange stuff

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.619
 one commentator

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.659
 seriously said

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:01.159
 John is prophesying

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:02.439
 the Apache helicopter

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:04.939
 that is flying like locusts

00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:06.199
 to swarm upon the earth

00:34:06.199 --> 00:34:08.219
 that's not what John is saying

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:10.159
 John is talking about something else

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.679
 so the first thing is this

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:14.259
 how do we live in the midst

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:15.419
 of challenging times

00:34:15.419 --> 00:34:17.899
 to realize that we live by faith

00:34:17.899 --> 00:34:19.500
 not by recipes

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.779
 there's some things

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.679
 we don't understand

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:23.459
 the second thing is this

00:34:23.459 --> 00:34:24.679
 and that leads to the second thing

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.480
 the way that Christians

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.719
 are called to live out our faith

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.799
 in the midst of the chaos

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.980
 and the calamity of the world

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.839
 is found actually

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:32.159
 in the beginning of chapter 8

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:34.239
 in the beginning of chapter 8

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.679
 we read it right in the beginning

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.839
 John sees this angel

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:39.739
 in verses 3 and 4

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:41.519
 and this angel is holding

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.699
 this golden bowl

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:44.639
 and in this golden bowl

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.859
 is incense

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.719
 that's burning

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:48.859
 and mixed up with the incense

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.899
 are the prayers

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.879
 of God's people

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:52.419
 in other words

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:53.099
 I don't know if you've ever

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.119
 walked into a room

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.759
 where there's incense burning

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.839
 and you can smell it

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.500
 straight away

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.059
 right

00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.199
 what's he saying here

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.699
 as the incense rises

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.699
 to our nostrils

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.480
 and we can smell it

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.960
 straight away

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.280
 John is telling us

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.119
 that the prayers

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.099
 of God's people

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.980
 come before God's throne

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.539
 they come before

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.559
 God's throne

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:13.840
 but what's clear

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.320
 is that

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.099
 from scripture

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.619
 is that for some reason

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:18.320
 God's sovereign purposes

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.940
 in history

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:20.579
 are shaped by our prayers

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.440
 even when we can't see

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.119
 what's happening

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.320
 or how God

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.300
 is responding

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.599
 so what do we do

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.599
 in the midst of this time

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.420
 between the already

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.220
 and the not yet

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:30.519
 where Jesus has come

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.519
 but he's coming again

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.900
 in the midst of the challenges

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.740
 and we don't know

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:35.000
 how this world is going

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.160
 when there's mystery

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.980
 and we're unsure

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:38.160
 about what God's doing

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.579
 in the world

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.680
 what do we do

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:41.220
 we come before him

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:42.039
 in prayer

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.900
 John writes us

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.260
 and he says

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.880
 our prayers come before God

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.960
 and just like incense

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.500
 is burnt

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.320
 and in the beginning

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.139
 you can see it

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.780
 but soon it disappears

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:52.559
 sometimes we can feel

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.820
 like our prayers disappear

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:55.380
 sometimes we pray

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.559
 these prayers before God

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.920
 and we say

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.079
 God are you even hearing

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.280
 where are you

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.180
 what's happened

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.900
 to our prayers

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.840
 do they just vanish

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.680
 into thin air

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:04.400
 and John is telling us

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.880
 that though we do not know

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:07.240
 what happens to our prayers

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.980
 you can rest assured

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:10.280
 that for some reason

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:13.240
 God in his sovereign plan

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:14.039
 has purposed

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.720
 that history is shaped

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:17.100
 by our prayers

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:18.780
 even when we can't see

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.440
 what's happening

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.740
 and so you know

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.220
 what that means

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:22.059
 for us Watermark

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:24.340
 it means we have to become

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.400
 a church that gets better

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.920
 at praying

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:28.019
 we have to pray

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.460
 because if we're going

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.140
 to make it through

00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:30.820
 the challenges

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.680
 and the calamity

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.600
 and if we're going

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:33.140
 to make it through

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:34.860
 our faith being rocked

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.320
 if we're going

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.880
 to make it through

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.800
 the difficulties

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.620
 that we change

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:38.580
 we have to be

00:36:38.580 --> 00:36:39.820
 a church that prays

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:41.220
 friends if Hong Kong

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.920
 if it's going to be

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.620
 in Hong Kong

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.580
 like it is in heaven

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:45.039
 it's not going to be

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.000
 through Watermark

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.820
 organizing these

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.840
 amazing programs

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.480
 and plans

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.519
 it's not going to be

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.059
 through some

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.059
 slick preacher

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.200
 or some amazing

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:53.300
 church service

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.460
 it's going to happen

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.280
 through the prayers

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.039
 of his people

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.080
 getting on their knees

00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:58.539
 and crying out to God

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.719
 for the well-being

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.900
 of our city

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:02.219
 friends you know

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.860
 what Hong Kong's

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.759
 secret weapon is

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:05.679
 it's men and women

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.779
 all over the city

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.639
 getting on their knees

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.400
 and praying

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.239
 and praying

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.980
 and praying

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:12.460
 friends when we pray

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.500
 for the suffering church

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.619
 and we don't see

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:16.139
 direct immediate results

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.300
 when we pray

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.539
 for imprisoned Christians

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.279
 it'll be advance

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.920
 of the gospel

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.619
 and nations

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.619
 like we did this morning

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.779
 and we don't know

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.380
 how effective

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.039
 those prayers

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.880
 in this passage

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.719
 John takes us

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.340
 through the door

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.739
 of heaven

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.639
 and he shows us

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.779
 it may just be

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:31.239
 that our prayers

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.920
 are somewhere

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:33.099
 in one of those bowls

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.960
 just waiting

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.920
 for the right time

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.539
 for God to tip it out

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.039
 and to say

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.900
 now is the day

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.739
 for me to answer

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:40.139
 your prayers

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:41.420
 Watermark

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.880
 we must become a church

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.079
 that gets better

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.759
 at praying

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:46.940
 but then there's

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.820
 one last third thing

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.460
 so the first thing

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.880
 is this

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.960
 we understand

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:51.039
 that life is a mystery

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.559
 we don't know

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.259
 how it all works

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.320
 second thing

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.380
 is we must get better

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.820
 at praying

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.080
 third thing

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:57.120
 how do we live

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.460
 in the midst

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.180
 of the challenges

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.940
 and the complexity

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.620
 of life

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:01.020
 what does it mean

00:38:01.020 --> 00:38:01.740
 to be a follower

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.260
 of Jesus

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:03.320
 even as God

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.440
 allows these

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:07.460
 the chaos

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.220
 and the calamity

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.740
 to come

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:10.000
 we'll look at the end

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.800
 of chapter 10

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.220
 with me

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.940
 this is the third

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.680
 and final thing

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:14.540
 here we see

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:15.520
 the most important thing

00:38:15.520 --> 00:38:16.240
 that Jesus wants

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.920
 to say to us

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.740
 in this interlude

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:19.140
 what does it mean

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.780
 to be a Christian

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.680
 in this age

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.600
 what does it look like

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.480
 to follow Jesus

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.420
 between the cross

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.460
 and the throne

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.960
 of heaven

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.319
 chapter 10

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.079
 and chapter 11

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:28.400
 give us the clearest picture

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.719
 look at what John

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.179
 says here

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.839
 verse 8

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:32.259
 then the voice

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.799
 that I'd heard

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.279
 from heaven

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:34.400
 spoke to me again

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.719
 saying go and take

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.360
 the scroll

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:37.179
 that is open

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.659
 in the hand

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.279
 of the angel

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:39.299
 who is standing

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.819
 on the sea

00:38:39.819 --> 00:38:40.480
 and on the land

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.900
 so I went to the angel

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.579
 and I told him

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.539
 to give me the scroll

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:45.119
 and he said to me

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:46.579
 take it and eat

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.420
 it will make

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.339
 your stomach bitter

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:49.539
 but your mouth

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.460
 will be as sweet

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.079
 as honey

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.599
 in your mouth

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:54.480
 so I took the scroll

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.960
 from the hand

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.440
 of the angel

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.259
 and ate it

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:57.460
 it was as sweet

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.900
 as honey

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.539
 in my mouth

00:38:58.539 --> 00:39:00.000
 but when I'd eaten it

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.519
 my stomach

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.279
 was made bitter

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:02.679
 and I was told

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.460
 you must again

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.119
 prophesy

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.480
 about many peoples

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.179
 and nations

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.179
 languages

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:08.299
 and kings

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:09.420
 friends

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.900
 what it means

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.460
 to be a follower

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.920
 of Jesus

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.719
 even in the midst

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:13.019
 of challenging times

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.380
 is that we don't

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:15.299
 only receive

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.960
 God's word

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.719
 and enjoy it

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.199
 ourselves

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.199
 but that we'll

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.119
 become agents

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.859
 and ambassadors

00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:20.699
 of God's word

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.519
 into our city

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.739
 and the nations

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.420
 of the world

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.659
 look at what happens

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.859
 here

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:25.859
 John is given

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:26.440
 the scroll

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.319
 and the scroll

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:28.539
 contains the words

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.000
 of God

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.659
 and as he eats it

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:32.440
 it's beautiful

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.980
 he tastes it

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.539
 and it tastes

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.219
 like honey

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:36.639
 it's just the most

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:38.079
 incredibly good news

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:40.259
 but as he internalizes

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:41.719
 as he swallows it

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.679
 ah

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:44.119
 it becomes difficult

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.519
 it becomes challenging

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:47.119
 friends

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.699
 at first

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.280
 the gospel

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.780
 is the most

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.360
 wonderfully

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.559
 incredible news

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:52.059
 God loves us

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.739
 and he died

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.239
 on the cross

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:53.719
 for us

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:55.340
 Jesus covered

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.920
 our sins

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.639
 by his blood

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.360
 said you and I

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.960
 don't need to

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.960
 stand before him

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.759
 with our own sin

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.759
 where once

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.860
 we were outcasts

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.539
 now we are

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:04.000
 welcomed as his family

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.840
 where once

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.519
 we were enemies

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.599
 now we are sons

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.699
 and daughters of God

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:08.840
 no shame

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.719
 no guilt

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.780
 for those who are in Christ

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:12.480
 Jesus washes us

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.280
 by his blood

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.440
 and now we stand

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.840
 as white as snow

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.280
 the gospel

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:18.400
 is just incredible

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:21.679
 but as we believe it

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:23.440
 we soon come to see

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.139
 that the gospel

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:25.559
 doesn't only save us

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:27.420
 it also changes us

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.780
 and the gospel

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:30.280
 starts to confront us

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:32.179
 and it starts to challenge

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:33.019
 some of the idols

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.659
 in our heart

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:35.579
 and it starts to challenge

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.519
 some of our behavior

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.159
 and our character

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.679
 and the gospel

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.920
 not only saves us

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.340
 it starts to reform us

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.179
 and to make us

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.019
 more like Jesus

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.880
 as the gospel

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.980
 gets into us

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:48.159
 it challenges us

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:49.199
 to see the idols

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.980
 in our lives

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:51.300
 and it calls us

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:51.960
 to live a life

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.500
 of faith

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.759
 and repentance

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:56.280
 but then not only that

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:58.219
 as we grow in Christ

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.860
 and we become

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.639
 more like him

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.759
 we realize

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.759
 we are his ambassadors

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:03.440
 and he calls us

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.679
 to share the gospel

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.639
 to take it out

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.300
 to the nations

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.880
 of the world

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.980
 to take it out

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.559
 into the city

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:10.139
 and as we do that

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:11.940
 as we speak his word

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:13.019
 what happens

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:14.559
 we face persecution

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:16.320
 we are rejected

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.059
 and oppressed

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:18.320
 look at verse 11

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.880
 he says

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:20.340
 when I had eaten it

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.820
 my stomach was made bitter

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:23.099
 I was told

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.980
 you must still

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.179
 speak God's word

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.259
 to many nations

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.980
 and peoples

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.059
 and languages

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.920
 and kings

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.759
 friends

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.679
 this is the reason

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:31.840
 watermark was planted

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.659
 nine years ago

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.960
 this is the reason

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.940
 watermark exists

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:36.440
 this is the reason

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.599
 we must plant

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.280
 more churches

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.119
 into Hong Kong

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.480
 and into other cities

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.940
 because the good news

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.460
 of Jesus

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:44.019
 cannot stay with us

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:45.380
 it must go out

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.119
 into our city

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:47.219
 and so John

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:48.159
 is telling us here

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:49.440
 that as chaos

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.440
 and calamity

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.539
 and difficulty

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.780
 comes to our city

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.199
 the worst thing

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.920
 that we can do

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:56.480
 is to bunker down

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:58.000
 and to sit back

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.780
 and to think

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.559
 let's just hope

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:01.039
 the chaos passes over

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.980
 so we can get back

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.659
 to our lives

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.679
 in the midst

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.539
 of the challenges

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.719
 that our city faces

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.679
 God says

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:08.039
 send the message out

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:09.980
 go and tell everyone

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:11.259
 wherever you can

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:12.820
 about the astoundingly

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.980
 wonderful good news

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.619
 of Jesus

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.699
 that he died

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:16.219
 on the cross

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.759
 for you

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.739
 and for me

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:19.500
 that in this life

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:21.039
 you will face challenges

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.440
 but take courage

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.619
 Christ has overcome

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:25.219
 that friends

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:25.599
 one day

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.539
 we will all face

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.659
 the final judgment

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.279
 of God

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:30.079
 but Jesus has died

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.739
 so that we can be

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:32.159
 washed of our sin

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:33.320
 friends

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.000
 this is why

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.800
 we exist

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:35.820
 friends

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.279
 this is why

00:42:36.279 --> 00:42:36.900
 as you sit

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.539
 on the bus

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.559
 and you sit

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.400
 next to the same

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.960
 person

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.659
 day in

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:41.500
 and day out

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:41.960
 and you get

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.539
 to know them

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.920
 Christ has put you

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.460
 in that place

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.039
 to tell them

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.699
 about the wonder

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:46.219
 of Jesus

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:47.420
 friends

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.360
 as you go to work

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:48.900
 and you face

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.900
 challenges

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:51.099
 and your colleagues

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.880
 face challenges

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:53.380
 you've been put there

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.059
 to tell them

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.679
 about the wonder

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.219
 of Jesus

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:56.860
 that he loves them

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.940
 and he died

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.500
 on the cross

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.000
 for them

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.920
 friends

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.579
 as your kids

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.460
 go to school

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:02.920
 and they're overwhelmed

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.800
 by the pressure

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:05.000
 of grades

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.639
 and will they get

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.420
 into university

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.720
 we tell them

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:08.420
 that their life

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.300
 does not consist

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.139
 of their grades

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.780
 and how well

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:11.260
 they do

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:12.340
 but their life

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:12.820
 consists

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.300
 that they are

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:14.119
 in Christ

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:15.220
 and that he loves

00:43:15.220 --> 00:43:15.460
 them

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:15.980
 and he died

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:16.340
 for them

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.019
 and he saved

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.360
 them

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:18.559
 and that his

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:19.500
 kingdom is coming

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:21.019
 John

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:22.280
 Jesus says to

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.599
 John

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.820
 John you're going

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.320
 to proclaim

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:25.159
 his word

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:26.380
 you're going

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.780
 to speak

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.320
 the gospel

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.760
 and that's

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.059
 going to be

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.460
 hard

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.820
 and next week

00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:30.079
 we're going

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:30.480
 to see in

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.099
 chapter 11

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:32.019
 for some of us

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:33.159
 that may mean

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.760
 death

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:35.480
 friends

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.100
 for some of us

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:36.360
 here

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:37.780
 if you're

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.400
 obedient to

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.700
 Jesus

00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:39.720
 and he calls

00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:40.340
 you to speak

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:40.840
 his word

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:42.320
 he may send

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.860
 you into the

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.520
 nations of the

00:43:43.520 --> 00:43:43.800
 world

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.500
 and that may

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.560
 mean a

00:43:45.560 --> 00:43:46.500
 premature death

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:48.600
 for some of us

00:43:48.600 --> 00:43:50.020
 it may feel

00:43:50.020 --> 00:43:50.540
 like death

00:43:50.540 --> 00:43:51.980
 as we face

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.740
 persecution

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.480
 and opposition

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:55.480
 for all of us

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.340
 it will mean

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:56.880
 our ego

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.740
 and our pride

00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:58.300
 will have to

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:58.640
 die

00:43:58.640 --> 00:44:00.140
 as we call

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:01.140
 people everywhere

00:44:01.140 --> 00:44:02.040
 to faith in

00:44:02.040 --> 00:44:02.360
 Christ

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.960
 and repentance

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.659
 from sin

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:05.400
 Tim Chester

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.220
 says it like

00:44:06.220 --> 00:44:06.579
 this

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:07.420
 like the

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.960
 prophets of

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.159
 old

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.679
 the church

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.480
 proclaims

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:10.000
 the sweet

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.440
 words

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.780
 that are

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.059
 met

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:12.139
 with bitter

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.800
 hostility

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:13.960
 the message

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.720
 of the scroll

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:15.619
 is bittersweet

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:16.480
 for it is a

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.000
 message of

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.340
 victory

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:18.139
 through suffering

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:19.420
 all Christians

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:20.019
 know something

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.559
 of John's

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.059
 experience

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:22.079
 the message

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.619
 of Christ

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.480
 is so sweet

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:23.960
 to us

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.780
 but this

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.139
 sweetness

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.760
 is matched

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.500
 by pain

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.480
 when family

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.099
 and friends

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.760
 reject the

00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:29.199
 message

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:30.099
 leaving a

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.460
 bitterness

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:31.519
 in our

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.019
 stomach

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:33.259
 you see

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:34.139
 in chapter

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.960
 6 and 7

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.259
 there are

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:35.739
 these seven

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.679
 scrolls

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:38.139
 and we saw

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.739
 how the church

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.420
 is an invisible

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.980
 kingdom

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:41.980
 God's visible

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.820
 kingdom on earth

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:44.360
 it overcomes

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:45.300
 the challenge

00:44:45.300 --> 00:44:45.940
 and the chaos

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.380
 of life

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:47.159
 it's protected

00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:48.179
 but the

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:50.039
 message of

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:51.159
 chapter 10

00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:51.739
 and 11

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:52.639
 is that the

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:53.440
 church doesn't

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.619
 only survive

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:55.480
 the church

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.360
 thrives

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.539
 and is victorious

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:58.639
 and overcomes

00:44:58.639 --> 00:44:59.300
 the challenges

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:00.039
 of this world

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.820
 how

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.920
 not by

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.440
 hunkering

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:02.920
 down

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.420
 trying to

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.920
 preserve

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.380
 ourselves

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.860
 and save

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.279
 ourselves

00:45:05.279 --> 00:45:05.980
 but by

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.619
 going out

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.940
 and proclaiming

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.460
 the message

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:09.119
 of the gospel

00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:10.480
 friends

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:11.059
 our city

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.880
 faces the

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.219
 greatest

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.800
 challenge

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.119
 it has

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.460
 witnessed

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:14.239
 for many

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:14.980
 many years

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:16.099
 maybe even

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.460
 a couple

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.179
 of generations

00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:18.420
 how are we

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.659
 going to

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:19.099
 respond

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:20.279
 are we

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.480
 going to

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:20.900
 sit back

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.199
 and hope

00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:21.480
 that it

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.840
 passes

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.219
 over

00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:22.619
 quickly

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:22.980
 so we

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.179
 can get

00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:23.380
 back

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.699
 to our

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:24.099
 lives

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:25.320
 are we

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.579
 going to

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:25.940
 sharpen

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.179
 our

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:26.759
 arguments

00:45:26.759 --> 00:45:27.739
 and get

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.219
 ready to

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:28.519
 fight

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:29.340
 and demonize

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:29.780
 those that

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.180
 disagree

00:45:30.180 --> 00:45:30.740
 with us

00:45:30.740 --> 00:45:31.600
 and tell

00:45:31.600 --> 00:45:31.900
 them that

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.160
 they're

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.500
 bad

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:33.000
 and wrong

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:34.300
 friends

00:45:34.300 --> 00:45:34.940
 this passage

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.460
 calls us

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.019
 to respond

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.800
 very differently

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:37.920
 to a more

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.640
 difficult way

00:45:38.640 --> 00:45:38.980
 a more

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.420
 challenging

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:39.760
 way

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:41.059
 it calls

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.340
 us to

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:41.720
 examine

00:45:41.720 --> 00:45:42.160
 our own

00:45:42.160 --> 00:45:42.480
 lives

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.760
 and to

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.000
 see

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.240
 whether

00:45:43.240 --> 00:45:43.519
 we've

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:43.640
 been

00:45:43.640 --> 00:45:44.000
 walking

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.460
 in step

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:44.740
 with the

00:45:44.740 --> 00:45:45.079
 gospel

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:46.120
 and to

00:45:46.120 --> 00:45:46.519
 repent

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:46.920
 where we

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.960
 haven't

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.340
 where we

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:48.620
 haven't

00:45:48.620 --> 00:45:48.960
 loved

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:49.460
 people

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:50.039
 particularly

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.600
 the poor

00:45:50.600 --> 00:45:51.440
 where we

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:51.700
 haven't

00:45:51.700 --> 00:45:52.100
 pursued

00:45:52.100 --> 00:45:52.980
 mercy

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.620
 and justice

00:45:53.620 --> 00:45:54.039
 like we

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:54.240
 should

00:45:54.240 --> 00:45:54.519
 have

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:55.920
 friends

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.360
 this passage

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:56.860
 calls us

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.440
 to pray

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.840
 to pray

00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:00.140
 to pray

00:46:00.140 --> 00:46:00.539
 and to

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:00.940
 pray

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:02.180
 it calls us

00:46:02.180 --> 00:46:02.440
 to be

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.880
 radical

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:03.180
 in our

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:03.480
 prayers

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.160
 and persistent

00:46:04.160 --> 00:46:04.579
 in our

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:04.940
 prayers

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:06.160
 trusting God

00:46:06.160 --> 00:46:06.420
 in our

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.680
 prayers

00:46:06.680 --> 00:46:07.280
 even as we

00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:07.740
 don't see

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:08.280
 the desired

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:08.800
 outcomes

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.700
 knowing that

00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:10.160
 our prayers

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:10.440
 are not

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:10.840
 wasted

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.200
 but they

00:46:11.200 --> 00:46:11.720
 come like

00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:12.140
 incense

00:46:12.140 --> 00:46:12.740
 before our

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.039
 God

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.780
 and in

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.039
 his

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.460
 perfect

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:14.820
 timing

00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:15.200
 he will

00:46:15.200 --> 00:46:15.500
 pour

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:15.720
 our

00:46:15.720 --> 00:46:15.960
 prayers

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.260
 back

00:46:16.260 --> 00:46:16.500
 upon

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:16.660
 the

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:16.860
 earth

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.180
 to bring

00:46:17.180 --> 00:46:17.579
 healing

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:18.519
 and renewal

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:18.900
 of all

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.280
 things

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:20.460
 but finally

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:21.100
 this passage

00:46:21.100 --> 00:46:21.640
 calls us

00:46:21.640 --> 00:46:22.000
 not to

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.620
 shrink back

00:46:22.620 --> 00:46:23.720
 from declaring

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.320
 the hope

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:24.620
 of the

00:46:24.620 --> 00:46:25.019
 gospel

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.739
 that

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:26.119
 though we

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.519
 deserve

00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:27.039
 to face

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.400
 God's

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:27.780
 judgment

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.619
 God

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:28.940
 in his

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.360
 mercy

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:29.980
 has come

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.380
 to us

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.599
 in the

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:30.940
 person

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.500
 of Jesus

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:32.559
 friends

00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:33.460
 revelation

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.019
 calls us

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:34.519
 not only

00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:35.019
 to take

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:35.460
 heed

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:35.820
 of the

00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:36.300
 warnings

00:46:36.300 --> 00:46:37.139
 but to

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:37.739
 go out

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:38.099
 with this

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:38.480
 message

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:39.139
 of salvation

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:40.219
 to all

00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:40.619
 people

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:41.159
 to tell

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:41.539
 them about

00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:42.019
 the wonder

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:43.019
 of Jesus

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:44.259
 that's the

00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:44.800
 invitation

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.920
 to feast

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.259
 on this

00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:46.599
 gospel

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.099
 message

00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:48.460
 to internalize

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:48.920
 it and to

00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:49.400
 go out

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:50.000
 with it

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:51.759
 friends

00:46:51.759 --> 00:46:52.000
 on the

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.219
 night

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:52.480
 that

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:52.880
 before

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:53.360
 Jesus

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:54.320
 died

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:54.580
 on the

00:46:54.580 --> 00:46:54.940
 cross

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:56.019
 he too

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.240
 was

00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:56.700
 praying

00:46:56.700 --> 00:46:58.019
 and he

00:46:58.019 --> 00:46:58.519
 is praying

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:58.760
 in the

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.019
 garden

00:46:59.019 --> 00:46:59.200
 of

00:46:59.200 --> 00:46:59.660
 Gethsemane

00:46:59.660 --> 00:46:59.980
 he's

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:00.519
 pouring

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:00.860
 out his

00:47:00.860 --> 00:47:01.100
 prayers

00:47:01.100 --> 00:47:01.600
 before his

00:47:01.600 --> 00:47:01.920
 father

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.940
 and this

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:03.180
 is what

00:47:03.180 --> 00:47:03.660
 he prays

00:47:03.660 --> 00:47:03.980
 he says

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:04.460
 father

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:05.600
 if there

00:47:05.600 --> 00:47:06.220
 is any

00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:06.660
 way for

00:47:06.660 --> 00:47:07.200
 this cup

00:47:07.200 --> 00:47:07.760
 of suffering

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:08.100
 to be

00:47:08.100 --> 00:47:08.420
 taken

00:47:08.420 --> 00:47:08.880
 from me

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.460
 let it

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.100
 be so

00:47:10.100 --> 00:47:12.300
 friends

00:47:12.300 --> 00:47:12.780
 Jesus

00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:13.760
 on that

00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:14.019
 night

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.280
 that he

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:14.720
 prayed

00:47:14.720 --> 00:47:15.460
 there was

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.140
 no mystery

00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:16.700
 involved

00:47:16.700 --> 00:47:17.740
 he knew

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:18.360
 exactly

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:19.059
 the outcome

00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:19.440
 of his

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:19.880
 prayers

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:20.920
 and he

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.420
 knew that

00:47:21.420 --> 00:47:21.940
 his prayer

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:22.220
 in that

00:47:22.220 --> 00:47:22.600
 moment

00:47:22.600 --> 00:47:23.260
 was not

00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:23.680
 going to

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:24.200
 be answered

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:25.579
 Jesus

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:26.000
 had

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.379
 and the

00:47:26.379 --> 00:47:26.699
 father

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:26.939
 had

00:47:26.939 --> 00:47:27.099
 the

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:27.460
 torment

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.879
 before

00:47:27.879 --> 00:47:28.139
 the

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:28.339
 world

00:47:28.339 --> 00:47:28.519
 was

00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:28.859
 made

00:47:28.859 --> 00:47:29.759
 how

00:47:29.759 --> 00:47:30.239
 salvation

00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:30.500
 was

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:30.659
 going

00:47:30.659 --> 00:47:30.759
 to

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.019
 come

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:31.759
 it

00:47:31.759 --> 00:47:31.879
 was

00:47:31.879 --> 00:47:32.019
 going

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:32.119
 to

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.339
 come

00:47:32.339 --> 00:47:32.519
 through

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:32.659
 him

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:32.919
 dying

00:47:32.919 --> 00:47:33.039
 on

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:33.159
 the

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:33.519
 cross

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:35.059
 and as

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.399
 Jesus

00:47:35.399 --> 00:47:35.799
 in the

00:47:35.799 --> 00:47:36.139
 garden

00:47:36.139 --> 00:47:36.659
 remember

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:36.960
 his

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:37.539
 sweat

00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:38.619
 turns

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:38.859
 to

00:47:38.859 --> 00:47:39.239
 blood

00:47:39.239 --> 00:47:40.219
 through

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:40.839
 extreme

00:47:40.839 --> 00:47:41.500
 anxiety

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:42.299
 and stress

00:47:42.299 --> 00:47:43.259
 why does

00:47:43.259 --> 00:47:43.559
 Jesus

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:43.899
 sweat

00:47:43.899 --> 00:47:44.159
 turn

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:44.319
 to

00:47:44.319 --> 00:47:44.619
 blood

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.500
 it's

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:45.679
 not

00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:45.960
 because

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.159
 of

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.319
 his

00:47:46.319 --> 00:47:46.759
 impending

00:47:46.759 --> 00:47:47.279
 death

00:47:47.279 --> 00:47:48.139
 Jesus

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.480
 wasn't

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.739
 scared

00:47:48.739 --> 00:47:48.919
 of

00:47:48.919 --> 00:47:49.279
 dying

00:47:49.279 --> 00:47:49.639
 if

00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:49.839
 that

00:47:49.839 --> 00:47:50.000
 was

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.139
 the

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:50.379
 case

00:47:50.379 --> 00:47:50.579
 then

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:50.819
 many

00:47:50.819 --> 00:47:51.439
 martyrs

00:47:51.439 --> 00:47:51.739
 handled

00:47:51.739 --> 00:47:52.059
 death

00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:54.319
 Jesus

00:47:54.319 --> 00:47:54.619
 wasn't

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:54.899
 afraid

00:47:54.899 --> 00:47:55.099
 of

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:55.519
 dying

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:56.239
 the

00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:56.599
 reason

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:56.759
 is

00:47:56.759 --> 00:47:57.000
 because

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:57.199
 he

00:47:57.199 --> 00:47:57.439
 knew

00:47:57.439 --> 00:47:57.659
 that

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:57.919
 the

00:47:57.919 --> 00:47:58.259
 sins

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.419
 of

00:47:58.419 --> 00:47:58.559
 the

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:58.879
 world

00:47:58.879 --> 00:47:59.079
 were

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.179
 going

00:47:59.179 --> 00:47:59.239
 to

00:47:59.239 --> 00:47:59.379
 be

00:47:59.379 --> 00:47:59.619
 put

00:47:59.619 --> 00:47:59.839
 on

00:47:59.839 --> 00:48:00.119
 his

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.559
 shoulders

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.519
 Jesus

00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:01.779
 knew

00:48:01.779 --> 00:48:02.000
 that

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.460
 not

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:02.679
 just

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:02.879
 the

00:48:02.879 --> 00:48:03.299
 warning

00:48:03.299 --> 00:48:03.859
 judgments

00:48:03.859 --> 00:48:04.359
 the

00:48:04.359 --> 00:48:04.960
 full

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:05.279
 and

00:48:05.279 --> 00:48:05.460
 the

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.159
 final

00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:06.779
 judgment

00:48:06.779 --> 00:48:07.079
 of

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:07.339
 God

00:48:07.339 --> 00:48:07.539
 for

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:07.739
 the

00:48:07.739 --> 00:48:08.059
 sins

00:48:08.059 --> 00:48:08.219
 of

00:48:08.219 --> 00:48:08.559
 God's

00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:08.899
 people

00:48:08.899 --> 00:48:09.399
 was

00:48:09.399 --> 00:48:09.559
 going

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:09.619
 to

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:09.739
 be

00:48:09.739 --> 00:48:09.939
 put

00:48:09.939 --> 00:48:10.099
 on

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:10.419
 his

00:48:10.419 --> 00:48:10.779
 shoulders

00:48:10.779 --> 00:48:11.000
 and

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.159
 he

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:11.359
 was

00:48:11.359 --> 00:48:11.500
 going

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:11.599
 to

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:11.819
 bear

00:48:11.819 --> 00:48:12.119
 it

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:13.039
 and

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:13.419
 Jesus

00:48:13.419 --> 00:48:13.659
 in

00:48:13.659 --> 00:48:14.219
 extreme

00:48:14.219 --> 00:48:15.000
 anxiety

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.399
 his

00:48:15.399 --> 00:48:15.779
 sweat

00:48:15.779 --> 00:48:16.179
 turns

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:16.379
 to

00:48:16.379 --> 00:48:16.739
 blood

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:17.259
 as

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:17.420
 he

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:17.800
 faces

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.060
 the

00:48:18.060 --> 00:48:18.500
 prospect

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.220
 of

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.380
 the

00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:19.720
 judgment

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:19.980
 of

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.400
 God

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:21.960
 friends

00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:22.380
 Jesus

00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:22.740
 did

00:48:22.740 --> 00:48:23.020
 that

00:48:23.020 --> 00:48:23.220
 so

00:48:23.220 --> 00:48:23.380
 that

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:23.560
 you

00:48:23.560 --> 00:48:23.680
 and

00:48:23.680 --> 00:48:23.800
 I

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:24.000
 don't

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.260
 have

00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:24.440
 to

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:25.940
 Jesus

00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:26.240
 went

00:48:26.240 --> 00:48:26.360
 to

00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:26.520
 the

00:48:26.520 --> 00:48:26.820
 cross

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.020
 that

00:48:27.020 --> 00:48:27.260
 we

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:27.460
 don't

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.660
 have

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:27.840
 to

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:28.100
 bear

00:48:28.100 --> 00:48:28.320
 the

00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:28.600
 guilt

00:48:28.600 --> 00:48:28.780
 of

00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:28.980
 our

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.220
 sin

00:48:29.220 --> 00:48:30.080
 and

00:48:30.080 --> 00:48:30.340
 now

00:48:30.340 --> 00:48:30.740
 Jesus

00:48:30.740 --> 00:48:31.160
 does

00:48:31.160 --> 00:48:31.400
 bring

00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:31.760
 judgment

00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:32.100
 upon

00:48:32.100 --> 00:48:32.280
 the

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:32.580
 world

00:48:32.580 --> 00:48:33.220
 but

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:33.420
 it's

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:33.540
 his

00:48:33.540 --> 00:48:34.120
 calling

00:48:34.120 --> 00:48:34.360
 us

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:34.520
 to

00:48:34.520 --> 00:48:34.760
 come

00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:34.940
 to

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:35.160
 him

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.720
 it's

00:48:35.720 --> 00:48:35.880
 his

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.260
 calling

00:48:36.260 --> 00:48:36.520
 it's

00:48:36.520 --> 00:48:36.620
 his

00:48:36.620 --> 00:48:37.000
 waking

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.260
 us

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:37.500
 up

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:37.800
 so

00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:37.900
 that

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.060
 we

00:48:38.060 --> 00:48:38.360
 turn

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:38.600
 from

00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:38.920
 sin

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:39.520
 and

00:48:39.520 --> 00:48:39.660
 we

00:48:39.660 --> 00:48:39.920
 come

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:40.119
 to

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:40.340
 find

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:40.659
 hope

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:40.840
 and

00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:41.119
 rest

00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:41.260
 in

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:41.460
 him

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:42.400
 friends

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:42.840
 Jesus

00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:43.240
 Christ

00:48:43.240 --> 00:48:43.519
 out of

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:43.680
 his

00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:44.280
 profound

00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:44.700
 love

00:48:44.700 --> 00:48:45.300
 for

00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:45.519
 us

00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:45.800
 went

00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:45.940
 to

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:46.079
 the

00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:46.420
 cross

00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:46.639
 that

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:46.860
 you

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:46.980
 and

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:47.079
 I

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:47.240
 don't

00:48:47.240 --> 00:48:47.500
 have

00:48:47.500 --> 00:48:47.680
 to

00:48:47.680 --> 00:48:48.579
 friends

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:48.760
 will

00:48:48.760 --> 00:48:48.860
 you

00:48:48.860 --> 00:48:49.059
 come

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.240
 to

00:48:49.240 --> 00:48:49.440
 him

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:50.280
 will

00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:50.380
 you

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:50.599
 make

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:50.760
 him

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.200
 central

00:48:51.200 --> 00:48:51.480
 to

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:51.740
 all

00:48:51.740 --> 00:48:51.940
 that

00:48:51.940 --> 00:48:52.119
 you

00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:52.380
 are

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:52.539
 and

00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:52.840
 everything

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:53.079
 that

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:53.220
 you

00:48:53.220 --> 00:48:53.480
 do

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.260
 will

00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:54.400
 you

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:54.680
 accept

00:48:54.680 --> 00:48:54.900
 his

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.460
 sacrifice

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:55.800
 and

00:48:55.800 --> 00:48:56.019
 his

00:48:56.019 --> 00:48:56.720
 sufferings

00:48:56.720 --> 00:48:57.320
 but

00:48:57.320 --> 00:48:57.619
 also

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:57.920
 his

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.280
 right

00:48:58.280 --> 00:48:58.480
 to

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:58.639
 be

00:48:58.639 --> 00:48:58.980
 Lord

00:48:58.980 --> 00:48:59.139
 in

00:48:59.139 --> 00:48:59.260
 your

00:48:59.260 --> 00:48:59.659
 life

00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:00.740
 let's

00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:00.900
 do

00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:01.099
 that

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.460
 now

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:02.260
 let's

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:02.460
 come

00:49:02.460 --> 00:49:02.639
 to

00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:02.920
 him

00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:03.740
 in

00:49:03.740 --> 00:49:04.059
 prayer

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:05.460
 let's

00:49:05.460 --> 00:49:05.699
 pray

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:09.800
 Lord

00:49:09.800 --> 00:49:10.059
 Jesus

00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:10.380
 we

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:10.820
 do

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:11.059
 come

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.340
 before

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:11.639
 you

00:49:11.639 --> 00:49:14.179
 Father

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:15.380
 we

00:49:15.380 --> 00:49:15.720
 want

00:49:15.720 --> 00:49:15.860
 to

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:16.079
 be

00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:16.599
 followers

00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:16.980
 of

00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:17.280
 you

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 followers

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 of

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 Jesus

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 in

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 the

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 midst

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 of

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 the

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 challenges

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 and

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 the

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 calamities

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 of

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 life

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 Father

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 we

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 don't

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 only

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 want

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 to

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 serve

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 you

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 and

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 follow

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 you

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 when

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 all

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 is

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 going

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 well

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 those

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 that

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 are

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 faithful

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 to

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 you

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 between

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 the

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 cross

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 and

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 the

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 throne

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 in

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 the

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 already

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 and

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 the

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 not

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 yet

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 God

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 as

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 you

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 are

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 bringing

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 your

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 kingdom

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 to

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 earth

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 God

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 follow

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 you

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 faithfully

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 and

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 those

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 that

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 are

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 not

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 only

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 followers

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 but

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 agents

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 of

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 you

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 in

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 this

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 world

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 God

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 I

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 pray

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 for

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 watermark

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 church

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 and

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 I

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 pray

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 for

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 myself

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 and

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 I

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 pray

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 for

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 that

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 Christ

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 you

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 will

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 make

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 us

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 and

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 fashion

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 us

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 and

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 form

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 us

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 to

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 the

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 kind

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 of

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 church

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 that

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 you

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 long

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 for

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 a

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 people

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 of

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 prayer

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 trust

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 you

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 even

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 as

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 we

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 don't

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 understand

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 what's

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 going

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 on

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 that

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 we

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 won't

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 take

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 our

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 lives

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 and

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 matters

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 into

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 our

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 own

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 hands

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 but

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 God

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 we

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 will

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 come

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 before

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 you

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 trusting

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 you

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 Lord

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 even

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 in

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 the

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 mysteries

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 Father

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 we

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 pray

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 that

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 more

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 than

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 anything

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 else

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 pray

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 in

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:23.739
 your

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 wonderful

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 and

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 powerful

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 name

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 Amen